30 Contributions to English Lexicography. 



3Ioose, ( a word derived from the Algonkin-Iienape family of 

 languages ; as, Narrag. moosquin^ a fawn ; moose, the skin of the 

 red deer ; Miami, miisuoh or mohsokeh, a deer ; lUinois, mousoah, 

 a deer ;) an animal of the genus Cervus. 



Mush, (according to Dr. Webster from Germ, inns, pap ; per- 

 haps a corruption of the Indian word maize ;) the meal of maize 

 boiled in water. 



Netop, (Narraganset, netop, a friend;) a friend or crony, said 

 by Dr. Pickering to be used in some of the interior towns in Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



" What cheares, netop, is the general salutation of all the Eng- 

 lish towards them, [the Indians.]" — Roger Williams, 1643. 



Papoose, (Massachusetts, jpapj902fse; Narrag. jpapoos ; Mohican, 

 papoose ;) an Indian child. 



Potato, (Amer. Ind. batatas;) a plant and esculent root, of the 

 genus Convolvulus, a native of America. 



PowiDOw, (Massachusetts, pounoow ; Narrag. powicaiv ;) an In- 

 dian priest, exercising also the offices of physician and conjurer. 



Quahaug, (thought by Dr. Webster to be an Amer. Ind. word ;) 

 a species of clam. 



Sachem, (a word derived from the Massachusetts Indians, but 

 found in many of the languages of the Algonkin-Lenape class ; 

 as Knistinaux, okemoio ; Chippeway, ogima or okimau ; Ottawa, 

 okemah ; Algonkin, okimaw ; Abenaki, sangman ; Etchemin, 

 sockum; Massachusetts, sachem or sagamore; Narraganset, sa- 

 chim; Delaware, sakinia; Shawno, okema; Menomeni, okomow;) 

 an Indian chief or prince. 



Sagamore, (merely another form of the word sachem, which 

 see ;) according to Dr. Dwight, an inferior sachem, but probably 

 synonymous with sachem. 



Sagoin, (probably an American Indian word ;) an animal of 

 the genus Simia. 



Samp, (Massachusetts, nasampe ; Narraganset, nasaump ; see 

 the quotation from Roger Williams below;) maize boiled with 

 milk. 



" Nasaump, a kind of meale pottage, unpartch'd. From this 

 the English call their samp, which is the Indian corne, beaten 

 and boild, and eaten hot or cold, with milke or butter, which are 

 mercies beyond the Natives plaine water, and which is a dish 

 exceedingly wholesome for the English bodies." — Roger Wil- 

 liams, 1643. 



